When Your AI Ethics Auditor Has a Conflict of Interest

AI Ethics with Fexingo: Bias, Safety, and Responsible Artificial Intelligence · Jul 9, 2026 · 8m · transcript

Episode 100 asks a tough question: Who audits the auditors? We explore how the big four consulting firms and boutique AI ethics shops are simultaneously advising companies on responsible AI — and selling them the very systems those audits are supposed to catch. Using the June 2026 controversy at a major bank where the same firm that designed its lending algorithm also wrote the ethics report, we drill into the structural conflict that undermines third-party accountability. Lucas and Luna also discuss the new EU framework that would ban audit firms from holding both contracts, and whether the…